{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/sal/sal132.htm","path":"isl/sal/sal132.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/sal/sal132.htm","text":"(131)\nHis supplication for the eighth of the month\nIn the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful\nO God! Praise be to You equal to the number of trees and leaves,\nPraise equal to the number of pebbles and stones and hair. Praise be to\nYou as numerous as the number of days of this world and the world\nHereafter. Praise be to You equal to the number of stars of the Heaven\nand praise be to You equal to the number of the drops of rain and those\nof ocean water. Praise be to You equal to the number of things You\ncreated. Praise be to You equal to the population of Your Arsh. Praise\nbe to You equal to the number of Your words. Praise be to You till Your\npleasure is achieved. Praise be to You equal to the number of things\nYour knowledge encompasses. Praise be to You equal to the number of\nthings You have taken account of. Praise be to You for all the things\nYour sight has circumspected. Praise be to You for things to which Your\nsublimity has reached. Praise be to You for the things Your mercy has\nenveloped. Praise be to You for things the treasure of which is within\nYour control. Praise be to You for the things included in Your Book.\nPraise be to You, persistent, everlasting and endless. Praise so much\nso, that Your creatures cannot assess it. O Allah! Praise be to You\nequal to the number of times one might have invoked You and the\nprayers were granted. Praise be to You for all Your attributes and for all\nYour bounties whether secret or open, first or last and manifest or\nhidden. Praise be to You for what was and what is not and what is going\nto be. Praise be to You innumerable, in the manner Your countless\nbounties bestowed on us. O Allah! O Lord! All praise are for You. The\nentire realm belongs to You. Within Your control is all good. To You is\nthe return of everything hidden or manifest. Praise be to You on Your\ntrials, on Your favours, whether present or past; particularly those\nshown towards me by gifting existence and guiding me to the right path\nfor You have created a good creation and gave me the best guidance\nand You taught and taught me the best. O Allah! Praise be to You for\nYour testing me by gracious trial and for Your favours shown to me.\nMany a hardship You have dispelled from me, many a grief You have\nwarded off and many a difficulty You have solved and granted me ease.\nPraise be to You for Your bounties, some of them I have forgotten, for\nsome I have offered my thanks to You others not even acknowledged by\nme, some of them have already passed and some still remain. O Allah!\nPraise be to You equal to the number of times You have granted\npardons and salvation and praise be to You the number of times You\nhave given cover to my lapses. Praise be to You as numerous as the\nnumber of Your blessings and favours. Praise be to You for setting my\naffairs in order and for testing us in a gracious manner. O Allah! Praise\nbe to You for You really deserve to be praised and worshipped and\nthanked, O the best of all those that are Praiseworthy! O the most\nMerciful!","title":"The Alawite Book: His supplication for the eighth of the month","type":"page"}